AO
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
: The aim of this paper is to provide a logically accurate and technologically sound taxonomy of artifact functions. To this end, I review one of the recent proposals of such taxon...
AO
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
AO
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Abstract. That parthood is a transitive relation is among the most basic principles of classical mereology. Alas, it is also very controversial. In a recent paper, Ingvar Johansson...
AO
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Functionality is one of the key concepts of knowledge about artifacts. Functional knowledge shows a part of designer's intention (so-called design rationale), and thus its sha...
AO
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
in ontology is quite abstract and often based on toy-examples to the point that the gap between the work of theoreticians and the needs of real applications is too wide to be cross...
AO
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Large software systems are modularized in order to improve manageability. The parts of the software system communicate in order to achieve the desired functionality. To better und...